Fri, 13 Mar 2020, 15:16 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  26 John Frech                   
E3                                            ****WINNER****  2.152 No Time      
                                                   F/D Index: 8.54 (+/-): 91.459
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (G Kamplain  ) 0.088  8.038 -0.552
E1                                           (J Treadwell ) 0.017 11.845  3.255
 Qualified:                                                      #22  8.077 -0.513

Frech with the bye and he takes the green light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 107M Wes Leopold Jr.                        22 Randy Daniels                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.034 10.993  82.74                    -0.012 11.279  82.43
       A/SMA Index: 8.46 (+/-):  2.533            D/SM Index: 8.93 (+/-):  2.349
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bailey    ) 0.014  9.364  0.904      (F Affronti  ) 0.100  8.421 -0.619
E1    (P Ross      ) 0.048  7.959 -0.571      (S Olsson    ) 0.075  8.549 -0.491
 Qualified:            #17  7.957 -0.573                        #7  8.405 -0.635

Daniels goes red to give Leopold the win. He will face Frech in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Brad Plourd                           503 Joseph Arrowsmith            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.468 179.33                     0.061  8.308 156.72
       AA/AM Index: 6.94 (+/-): -0.472            G/AA Index: 8.72 (+/-): -0.412
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Federkeil ) 0.023  6.556 -0.384      (G Wolkwitz  ) 0.168  8.211 -0.629
E1    (W Howes     ) 0.037  6.792 -0.148                     0.075  8.762 -0.078
 Qualified:            #12  6.336 -0.604                        #1  8.098 -0.742

Plourd with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   23 Jim Kimbrough                        1058 James Daniels                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.546 150.03                     0.180  8.619 140.30
        C/ED Index: 7.83 (+/-): -0.284           AH/SM Index: 8.95 (+/-): -0.331
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Chomiski  ) 0.230  9.116  1.286      (T Pontillo  ) 0.064  8.558 -0.392
E1    (P D'Agnolo  ) 0.001  7.327 -0.593      (V Puckett   ) 0.043  9.132  0.182
 Qualified:             #3  7.263 -0.657                       #19  8.397 -0.553

Kimbrough with a great light and the win. He will face Plourd in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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